Question follow-through · 967
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme were subsequently recalled to prison.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 25 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme were subsequently recalled to prison.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jul 2024
Answer published
We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact. ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083. The information re...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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30 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17970 on Wandsworth Prison: Health Services, when she expects the new healthcare unit to open.
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7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against SEND decisions by people in each Greater London Borough were heard at tribunals in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those cases were won by parents.
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19 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the financial cost to parents of attendance at child contact centres.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding applications for compensation are there with the criminal injuries compensation authority as of the 1st June 2026.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation were submitted to the criminal injuries compensation authority in a) 2023, b) 2024, c) 2025 and d) 2026.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the length of waiting times for applications to the criminal injuries compensation authority.